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Tents

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Tent Cottages at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1930

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0047.00001
Abstract

Tent cottages at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1904-1930

Tent on Grounds of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1904

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00022
Abstract This medical services tent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) Sanatorium near Edgewater, just west of Denver, Colo., was dedicated March 26, 1905. A sign on the door reads: ''Laboratory and Dispensary.'' The sign over the door reads: ''Minsker Independent Benevolent Ass'n. New York City.'' The sign to the right of the door reads: 'This tent erected and furnished by the Minsker Independent Benevolent Association of New York.'' Early patients and staff were housed in Tucker...
Dates: circa 1904

Tent Restoration, 2006-2007

 File
Identifier: B353.06.0002.0003
Abstract

Background information, correspondence, materials list, work schedule and company information for restoration of the tent.

Dates: 2006-2007

View of the Texas Building with Tents at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0034.0004.00001
Abstract The Texas Building on the campus of the American Medical Center, which was formerly the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Some of the original tent cottages are visible in front of the building, while the Rocky Mountains are seen in the background. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax...
Dates: between 1950-1970